Collar attachment.



C. R. WHITMAN.

COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 1110.5, 1911.

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COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

Application filed August 5, 1911. Serial No:642,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES R. WHIT- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State-ofIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in CollarAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collar adjusting and holdingattachments, and has for one object to provide means for holdingtogether in their normal positions the open ends of the outer portion ofthe usual type of turnover or roll collar.

'[t is illustrated diagrammatically in one form in the accompanyingdrawing, where- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the collar with thedevice in position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same collarwithout the device. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the device.

Like parts are indicated by like letters in the drawing.

My device consists of a substantially U shaped portion made up of thetwo vertical prongs A A connected at one end by the member A from whichproject the two downwardly extending parts to form the collar buttonengaging lugs A The prongs A support at the upper outer ends theinclined arms A, which are slightly curved horizontally and verticallyto meet the prongs A as indicated at A and in Fig. 4 and terminate inthe slightly curved end portions A The connecting members A A and thearms A are slightly bent or curved to conform more closely to thecontour of the neck and collar. As indicated in the drawing, the deviceis used in connection with a. collar in the following manner.

The collar B is first adjusted in position, being held by the usualcollar button B. The arms A are then inserted beneath the folds of thecollar, and the lower connecting portion A of the Ushaped frame ispressed upwardly until it reaches a suliicient height to permit the lugsA to pass over the head of the collar button when they spring down andengage the opposite sides of the shank. During this movement it will beunderstood that the arms A, pressing The curvature of particularly theinner upper portions of the folds of the collar, spread sidewise topermit upward movement of the connecting part above the collar button,before the connecting part springs down against the button. The arms Aare then left in position beneath the fold of the collar and theirpresence in opposition to it tends to hold the collar to its normalposition, preventing its sagging at the sides and tending to hold themeeting ends of the folded portions together in the normal position.

It is obvious that the device will have to be of different sizes incollars of different widths. The real object of the device is to holdthe parts of the collar in their normal position, or where they tend toget out of or sag from their normal positions to restrain them from sodoing, and the action of the device is by engagement with the innersurface of the roll to counteract the tendency of the parts to separateor sag in front.

The inwardly curved ends make the removal and application of the deviceeasier. the prongs and the arms, the latter, is such as to conform tothe normal shape of the collar, and the arms are of such shape as toengage the inner edgeof the roll for a considerable portion of itslength, thus obviating the disadvantages of a one point contact, andfrictional contact between the collar and these arms will prevent thecollar from slipping or being displaced.

The device is made of strong metal, and its height for any given collarsuch that it is held yieldingly between the top of the collar and thecollar button, though no great degree of elasticity is necessary forthis purpose and a non-elastic device could be forced into position.

, It is evident from the foregoing description and the drawing, that theparts A of the device will press against the collar along the inner edgeof the fold whenever the collar sags, and that the resistance of theseparts: of the device increases in proportion to the tendency to sag,thus preventing displacing of the collar and holding it in positionwithout wrinkling or distortion.

I claim:

A supporting means for turnover collars comprising a wire U-shaped framehaving position, curved at either end, and adapted normally parallelspring arms, a spring cross member connecting said arms and indented toengage the collar button, outwardly extending spring fingers projectingfrom the free ends of the arms in opposite directions, said fingersbeing substantially parallel with the fold of the collar when in toengage and underlie the fold of the collar '10 to hold. it in position.

CHARLES R. WHITMAN.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, J r., GENEVA Hm'rH.

